Catherine Nall

Talk

• “A Manifest Miracle of God”: Henry IV and the Deposition of Richard II
• The Great Hall
• Sunday 7 October
• 10.30–11.30

In October 1399, Henry Bolingbroke was crowned Henry IV, king of England, following the deposition of his cousin, Richard II. This talk will explore the ways in which these extraordinary events were explained by contemporaries and reveals the weight of expectation placed on the new king.